God as my witness, HR does not care about you - Senior Project Manager UL Solutions Employee Review

1.0
Aug 14, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Peers are good people to work with. Local leadership are great.

Cons

large layoff took place recently due to a change in sales model that damaged sales. Employees with the company 6+ years let go with a very restrictive non-compete and poor severance offer + mental health/job placement assistance. If you do not sign the non-compete. you don't get any of it. But here's the big issue, you are encouraged to have a lawyer read through and advise prior to signing. When the lawyers reach out to the UL contact you are provided, they take 2+ weeks to respond and when they do, they have no updates to share. UL offers the mental health assistance but you cannot access it until you sign the agreement the lawyer is reaching out about. No compassion and trying to get people to feel desperate enough to just sign and accept. Another issue: they state they will not push back on collecting unemployment but yet unemployment is not paying out yet...so UL HR has no problem hurting people, being responsible for damaged credit, and costing former loyal employees more and more $$$ in legal fees.

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UL Solutions Response
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Changing sales models, especially when those changes impact jobs, is not a decision any of our leaders take lightly. We are sorry that your experience left you feeling uncared for. After doing an extensive evaluation of our severance packages and layoff assistance in comparison to other employers in the area and in our industry, we find that our severance and related documents are fair and standard. We take your feedback seriously and if you would like to discuss your specific experience further, please email ethics@ul.com.

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